Farmhouse Quilt and Body Pillows

The start of Farmhouse Quilt No. 2--sewing 200 plus 4-patch blocks from fabrics I long forgot I had.  

Some fun fabrics of fruit loops, butterflies, checkerboard, Christmas tree lights, paisleys, polka dots, bug-eyed fish, lots of colorful small prints and ivory.  Cool beans when you sew them all together. 

If you like to draw, then you'll like long arm quilting.

Quilting is finished

Lifted up the bottom of the quilt to show you the backing with art panels

After removing the quilt from the frame, I take it to the layout/cutting table to trim and square.

I prepare 400" of binding and machine sew it around the perimeter.

Then I turn the binding and hand stitch with a blind stitch technique; one stitch forward, one back stitch, and every 6th stitch I make a simple knot.  4-5 hours to complete the quilt.

Result is stitches that cannot be seen, and stitches that will never come un-done.  

This is my favorite way to photograph a scrappy quilt--squished into a pile as if it were on a bed after a good night's rest.  The quilt measures 92 x 104, an ample queen.

Because I made too many 4-patch blocks, I decided to make quilted body pillow zippered covers.  They are 54" long by 20 inches wide.  

Thank you for looking at my work.

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